Re: I need some exim hand-holding

["Pierre A. Humblet" <Pierre dot Humblet at ieee dot org>]

At 10:46 PM 5/21/2005 -0500, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote:
>Ok, I give.  No mas, no mas.
>
>I have a new mutt build ready to go, but I can no longer test it since I've
>gone DSL.  AT&T does [E]SMTP over SSL, and ssmtp (which I had been using)
>doesn't (the official Cygwin one anyway).  So I'm trying to set up exim as a
>sendmail replacement, and of course getting millimeters away from it
>actually working and then being stopped cold by unknowns.
>
>I'm going to try building ssmtp with SSL support, but in the meantime, can
>somebody tell me what the secret is to getting exim to work in this
>situation:
>
>- This is on XP, NTFS, ntsec on.
>- This is send-only, as mutt has POP built in.
>- I'm trying to use it in this manner, in the Cyg-specific README's
>*nontsec* section:
>"6) Mail User Agent programs can use exim to send local and remote 
>   mail. If you are using mutt, add the following in .muttrc
>   set sendmail="/bin/exim -i" . To use exim from cron, point the 
>   symlink /usr/sbin/sendmail to /bin/exim ."
>- I'm using mua_wrapper, and not using the daemon at all, so does this
>section still apply?
>"8) Due to file permission settings (there is no suid in Windows), 
>   Mail User Agent programs cannot call exim directly for local 
>   deliveries in a secure environment. They should smtp to exim on
>   localhost (port 25). 
>   This restriction can be lifted (while maintaining some security) 
>   by using the -odq option and giving append permissions to the 
>   spool, input and msglog directories and the log files, and read 
>   permission to the /etc/exim.conf file.
>   Deliveries are then made by the daemon on the next queue run.
>   This restriction is also lifted if all modes are 0777 or 0666."
>I'm getting no failures that look like file permission problems.
>- I appear to have TLS/SSL set up correctly, since exim gets to the point
>where it receives a 221 and sends an EHLO or HELO.  But then the AT&T server
>(apparently) just sits there, and after a few minutes drops the socket.
>- I've read everything I can find and FWICT what I have in /etc/exim.conf
>should work.  I have of course tried many other permutations of options as
>well.  Attached if a kind soul would care to look it over.
>
>The results of an "exim -d g.r.vansickle@att.net" are also attached.  Late
>breaking news: that was done using the same exim.conf which is attached,
>with my ATT username and password munged, but I get the same results when I
>have my real UN & PW in (what I believe to be) the proper exim.conf
>locations.
>
>So is it a Cygwin problem, an exim problem, or a Gary problem?  I'll let you
>guys know how the ssmtp+SSL thing goes.

>From you debug output:
204.127.134.146 in hosts_avoid_esmtp? yes (matched
"imailhost.worldnet.att.net")
not sending EHLO (host matches hosts_avoid_esmtp)

If you don't send EHLO, the functionality is reduced.

Pierre


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